Steam Pulls Anti-LGBT First-Person Shooter

Steam Greenlight recently removed an anti-LGBT shooter - but many are still questioning how the game went live in the first place.
Steam Greenlight recently removed an anti-LGBT shooter - but many are still questioning how the game went live in the first place.

Steam Greenlight recently removed an anti-LGBT game called Kill the Faggot for violating its terms of service, but many have questioned how the game was released on Steam Greenlight to begin with.

Recommended Videos

Removed just two hours after its launch, the object of the game was to shoot and kill people who uttered stereotypically gay or trans phrases; accidentally shooting a “straight person” would cause the player to lose points.

This violates several points of the Steam Greenlight terms of service, which states that a game submitted to Greenlight should not contain “porn, inappropriate or offensive content [emphasis added], warez or leaked content,” “threats of violence or harassment, even as a joke,” or “soliciting, begging, auctioning, selling, advertising, referrals, racism, discrimination [emphasis added].”

The game’s creator, skateboarder and failed Christian shoe promoter Randall Herman, created and submitted the game in a few hours under the name Skaldic Games. Upon its removal, he posted a free version of the game on his website.

While Steam introduced the $100 fee for entry into the Greenlight program as a method of cutting down on the flood of joke submissions received when Greenlight launched, it does not always serve as a deterrent to those who would violate the terms of service, as Herman has demonstrated. This leaves many wondering what Steam is doing to prevent games like this from being promoted through Greenlight.

Is Steam doing enough to filter submissions to Greenlight? Let us know in the comments.


GameSkinny is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more
related content
Read Article D&D Marries Stardew Valley in This New Fantasy RPG
Player tends to livestock on farm in Mirthwood
Read Article Fallout 76 Kicks off April Fools Early With Rotating Events
Spooky Scorched about to attack.
Read Article New Dragon’s Dogma 2 Title Update Adds Multiple Saves, More Appearance Changes, Performance Tweaks, and More
the player charging a dragon in dragon's dogma 2
Read Article Predator: Hunting Grounds Will Get New Content With IllFonic Takeover
Predator watching prey from the treetops.
Read Article Overwatch 2 Introduces Its First Free Hero in Season 10
Venture holding her drill and Baptise, Zarya, Pharah, and Lifeweaver standing behind her
Related Content
Read Article D&D Marries Stardew Valley in This New Fantasy RPG
Player tends to livestock on farm in Mirthwood
Read Article Fallout 76 Kicks off April Fools Early With Rotating Events
Spooky Scorched about to attack.
Read Article New Dragon’s Dogma 2 Title Update Adds Multiple Saves, More Appearance Changes, Performance Tweaks, and More
the player charging a dragon in dragon's dogma 2
Read Article Predator: Hunting Grounds Will Get New Content With IllFonic Takeover
Predator watching prey from the treetops.
Read Article Overwatch 2 Introduces Its First Free Hero in Season 10
Venture holding her drill and Baptise, Zarya, Pharah, and Lifeweaver standing behind her
Author
Jessa Rittenhouse
Jessa wears a lot of hats - anthropology graduate, mother, obsessive book nerd, writer of both fiction and non-fiction - but her favorite hat is that of the gamer - a hat she's worn since owning an Atari was a "big deal."